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Total number of records: 296

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items291
Archives5

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection173
Leeds Russian Archive16
Herbert Read Collection10
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society8
English Literature5
Liddle Collection4
Business Archives2
Cookery Collection2
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture2

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
working class296
socialism41
labor25
labor movement20
labor unions18
world war, 1914-191811
education8
poor8
wages8
land tenure7

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain33
Soviet Union10
England5
Iceland4
Bradford (England)3
Leeds (England)2
Yorkshire (England)2
China1
Donegal (Ireland : County)1
France1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Fabian Society (Great Britain)10
Great Britain. Poor Law Commission9
Labour Party (Great Britain)8
Cobbett, William (1763-1835)7
Great Britain7
Cole, G D H (1889-1959)6
Tolstoy, Leo Nikolaevitch Graf (1828-1910)6
Chadwick, Edwin (1800-1890)5
Kydd, Samuel5
Communist Party of Great Britain4

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 1800123
From 1900171
From 20002

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 1899111
Up to 1999180
Up to latest5

Archive Sub-collection

Minute books of the Harrogate Londesboro' Working Men's Club

1921-1970

This collection of minute books of the Harrogate Londesboro' Working Men's Club was most kindly deposited in the Brotherton Library (Special Collections) by the Club in April 1990. We are very much in...

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Members' subscriptions book and accounts of the Harrogate Londesboro' Working Men's Club

1931-1975

Comprises a members' subscriptions book, 1931-1971, and account book of receipts and payments, 1965-1975

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Nomination book, statements of accounts and other records of the Harrogate Londesboro' Working Men's Club

1919-1989

Comprises: a nomination book for new members, 1933-1964; copies of annual statements of accounts and balance sheets for 1919-1922, 1944-1966, 1971-1972, 1975-1978, 1980-1985 and 1989; and miscellaneou...

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Labour in the commonwealth : a book for the younger generation

Cole, G D H (1889-1959)

[1918]

"A note on books": 1 p. at end.

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Organisation du travail

Blanc, Louis (1811-1882); Chevalier, Michel (1806-1879)

1848

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The rights of industry : addressed to the working-men of the United Kingdom

Knight, Charles (1791-1873); Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1831

At head of title: "Under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge." Series statement precedes main title on title page. On title page, preceding edition statement: ...

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Report on labour colonies

Mavor, James (1854-1925); Association for Improving the Condition of the People. Committee of Labour Centres

1892

At head of title: The Association for Improving the Condition of the People. (A.I.C.P.)... Committee on Labour Centres.

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